Cleaning Up
Early on Saturday morning Heather and I, using little hand saws, started limbing trees in the orchard while Mike sharpened the two chains saws. Mid-morning Steve and Michelle, H&M's friends, arrived to help with the clean up. Mike worked on the east side of the house and cleared a path to the chicken coop so the chickens could more easily get to their food, water, and shelter.
Path to the chicken coop
Then he cut up the two giant trees that had fallen on the back part of the garden. The fence along the back of the garden was completely crushed, so we'll have to fix or replace that before we plant. The chickens are having a great time digging for insects and dust bathing in the freshly turned boxes!
Steve went to work on the orchard area and Michelle pulled out and stacked the branches as he limbed the trees. Lots of progress on clearing the orchard.
The orchard - the limbs Michelle pulled out are in the forefront of the picture.
Heather and I moved over to the side driveway area and limbed what we could, but little hand saws don't work well on the trunks of pine trees.
Obviously not much progress here, but we tried!
With a short break for lunch, we worked until late in the afternoon when Steve introduced me to PIMMS and lemonade, a tastey fruity drink that does wonders to lift one's spirits!! After a couple of those, we all enjoyed Mike's slow cooker beef stew and then watched the New Zealand All Blacks beat the South African Springboks in rugby. One of the benefits of not being surrounded by forest is that the TV reception is suddenly superb!
Here is part of the work crew enjoying their PIMMS!
Steve, Michelle, and Mike with Jimenez the cat, otherwise known as Mr. Purr
And despite all the devastation, sometimes good things happen. Annie hatched six chicks!
And as you can see, Heather is pleased!
Tomorrow, clearing the trees off the fencing on the south side.
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